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March 18, 2002 |
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DirecWay by HECL
Tribune News Service
Shyamal Ghosh, chairman of telecom committee and secretary DOT, (left) and Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of Hughes network systems, pose for a photograph. |
Hughes
Escorts Communications Limited (HECL), India's leading VSAT service
provider, announced the commercial launch of DirecWay - a
comprehensive, end-to-end satellite broadband service for consumer,
small business and enterprise markets. With an investment of over $ 15
million in introducing DirecWay, HECL will be the first national
satellite broadband service provider in the Indian market to offer
services in over 800 cities and rural areas across the country.
To support this
service, the company has invested in setting up a world-class
infrastructure, in for the Indian market that includes dedicated
satellite space, a data centre for hosting enterprise applications, a
network operations centre to manage all services and marketing
services and support. DirecWay will not only offer broadband access
via satellite but also deliver solutions for networking, managed
network services (MNS), data centre hosting and application services
such as distance education, multimedia broadcast services and
telemedicine.
Announcing the launch
of DirecWay in India, Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO, Hughes Network
Systems, said: "DirecWay has clearly been one of the most
successful services for Hughes worldwide. Today, we have over 1,00,000
subscribers in the USA alone and have installed over 25,000 units in
Australia and Europe. I am confident of its success in the Indian
market with the role it will play in bridging the digital divide by
delivering comprehensive solutions that will allow small businesses
and individual users in remote locations the same advanced technology
that powers global enterprises."
With DirecWay, HECL
plans to target a wide range of potential customers including large
enterprises, SMEs and the home user. The solution is quick to deploy,
delivers cost-effective networking and enables wide spread
connectivity.
Through its host of value-added
application services such as e-procurement, e-distribution, e-CRM, HR
management and corporate training, DirecWay enables corporate to
streamline operations, cut costs, develop new sources of revenue and
create a better-trained workforce. HECL has partnered with several
companies including Compaq, Commerce One, Talisma and Legato to
provide these application platforms to their corporate customers.
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